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Another immigration expert on SB 233, “school choice” & illegal aliens – Robert Trent in the Brunswick News #GregDolezal

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Note: Letter writer Bob Trent is a retired Senior Special Agent of the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (USINS). He served on metropolitan area drug, and organized crime task forces for many years and supervised special agents assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. In addition, he spent ten years as a uniformed border patrol agent assigned to both the northern and southern borders. Bob’s final assignment was as the Assistant Director, Enforcement Training, U.S. Immigration Officer Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA. Bob is an old friend here. And, as we repeatedly predicted, a federal judge has launched a blistering attack on the Biden administration’s outrageous border parole scam while finding it unlawful.
 * What is the role of “parents” in SB 223? See here.
* See the list of bill sponsors below the letter published today.
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Brunswick News

Letters to the editor

Saturday, March 11, 2023

“Pro-borders, conservative voters should watch state Sen. Mike Hodges regarding illegal immigration. Georgia is already home to more illegals than Arizona.

Hodges doesn’t seem to understand that rewarding illegals with new state benefits isn’t an effective method of deterring the illegal migration into our state. “Exhibit A” for that case is Hodges’ March 6 vote under the Gold Dome for passage of SB 233, billed as “school choice” legislation that will provide a new annual state grant of $6,000 per year to Georgia families for private school tuition.

Amazing but true: the bill does not exclude illegal alien parents from the administration process that begins only when parents file an application with the state for the payments.

“Parents” include a “legal guardian, custodian, or other person with legal authority to act on behalf of the student.” The bill also authorizes “parents” to be part of an oversight committee that has authority to decide on eligible expenses in the use of state funds.

Repeat: There is no requirement that the “parents” be in the U.S. lawfully.

The bill also includes language saying the students attending private school at taxpayer expense can be formerly “inadmissible aliens” who were illegally granted “parole” by the Biden administration.

Parole does not confer lawful immigration status. Twenty states are suing the Biden administration to overturn this violation of our immigration laws.

Hodges went along with the herd. All senate Republicans voted to pass the bill. We should watch the GOP House members.”

Robert Trent

St. Marys (here)

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SB 233 sponsors

No.Number in list Name District
1. Dolezal, Greg 27th
2. Brass, Matt 28th
3. Still, Shawn 48th
4. Moore, Colton 53rd
5. Setzler, Ed 37th
6. Gooch, Steve 51st
7. Kennedy, John 18th
8. Watson, Ben 1st